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Books -> Films Our picks for movies based on books
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Gone Girlby Gillian FlynnWhen a woman goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary, her diary reveals hidden turmoil in her marriage, while her husband, desperate to clear himself of suspicion, realizes that something more disturbing than murder may have occurred.
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This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan TropperJudd Foxman is thrown together with his dysfunctional family when his father dies, while at the same time coping with his wife's infidelity and the end of his marriage, in a paperback reissue that will have cover art that ties into the forthcoming film starring Jason Bateman and Tina Fey. Reissue. Movie tie-in.
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The Hobbit, or, There and Back Againby J. R. R. TolkienBilbo Baggins, a well-to-do hobbit, lives in the comforts of his hobbit-hole until a the notorious wizard Gandalf and his group of dwarves choose him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. Reissue. Movie tie-in.
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Life of Piby Yann MartelPossessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTrying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJust in time for the new film opening in December 2012, comes a reissue of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale set in the Roaring Twenties. Reissue. 500,000 first printing.
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Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger"The beloved, mega bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger, "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" (Chicago Tribune). A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who inadvertently travels through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course.
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The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkAt the age of fifteen, Michael Berg falls in love with a woman who disappears, and while observing a trial as a law student years later, he is shocked to discover the same woman as the defendant in a horrible crime.
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